SHANGRALA'S
WORLD'S
UNIQUE
BONEYARDS!
Have you ever wondered what happens to decommissioned machines
and other similar facilities that people once used? Some of these
objects are being recycled, and many of them are piling up on the
so-called Object Graveyards and there waiting to be completely eaten
by the ravages of time. Places of natural decomposition of such objects
can be unusual tourist destinations and sites to capture amazing photos.
Here's Some Of These Unique 'Graveyards'. Enjoy! :)
Aircraft Boneyard, USA:
The 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group (AMARG),
often called The Boneyard is located near Davis Monthan Air Force
Base in Tucson, Arizona. For those of you that have never seen it,
it's difficult to comprehend its size.
The number of aircraft stored there and the precision
in the way they are parked is impressive. Another important
fact is that they are all capable of being returned to
service if the need ever arises.
AMARG is a controlled-access site, and is off-limits to anyone
not employed there without the proper clearance. The only access
for non-cleared individuals is via a bus tour which is conducted
by the nearby Pima Air & Space Museum. Bus tours are Monday through
Friday only. Both the museum and the Bone Yard are very popular
attractions in the Arizona desert.
Ship Boneyard, Mauritania:
The city of Nouadhibou is the second largest city in Mauritania and serves as the country's commercial center. It is famous for being the location of one of the largest ship graveyard in the world. Hundreds of rusting ships can be seen all around, in the water, and on beaches.
One of the most commonly read explanation for that situation is that
Mauritanian harbor officers were taking bribes and allowing ships to
be discarded in the harbor and around the bay. This phenomenon started
in the 80's after the nationalization of the Mauritanian fishing industry,
numerous uneconomical ships were simply abandoned there.
The city of Nouadhibou is one of the poorest locations in the world.
Right over these phantom beaches there are people living inside the
huge merchant boats.
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Train Cemetery, Bolivia:
One of the major tourist attractions of southwestern Bolivia
is an antique train cemetery. It is located 3 km (1.9 MI) outside
Uyuni and is connected to it by the old train tracks. The town
served in the past as a distribution hub for the trains carrying
minerals on their way to the Pacific Ocean ports.
The train lines were built by British engineers who arrived
near the end of the 19th century and formed a sizable community
in Uyuni. The rail construction started in 1888 and ended in 1892.
The trains were mostly used by the mining companies.
In the 1940s, the mining industry collapsed, partly
due to the mineral depletion. Many trains were abandoned
thereby producing the train cemetery. There are talks to
build a museum out of the cemetery.
Vozdvizhenka Aircraft Boneyard, Russia:
Littered with at least 18 gutted Tupolev Tu-22M Backfires
of the 444th Heavy Bomber Regiment, Vozdvizhenka air base resembles
a post-apocalyptic landscape. Entering this barren place, located
near Ussuriysk in the Primorsky Krai region of Far East Russia,
60 miles (95 km) north of Vladivostok and 40 miles (65 km) from
the Chinese border, is like taking a step back in time.
The 444th Regiment was disbanded in 2009, with some aircraft
transferred to the Belaya air base, and others dismantled
(removed engines, equipment, and with holes cut in the fuselage).
The aircraft carcasses are awaiting final metal cutting.
Currently based at the airfield is the aviation commandant of
Khurba airbase and the 322 Aircraft Repair Factory.
Anchor Boneyard, Portugal:
Among the dunes of Tavira island, in Portugal, there's an impressive
anchor graveyard. It was built in remembrence of the glorious tradition
of tuna fishing with large nets fixed with these anchors, a fishing
technique already invented by the Phoenicians.
Tavira used to be a place devoted to the tuna fishing. They built up this
anchor graveyard to remember those who had to quit their occupation when
the big fish abandoned the coasts.
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